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Rosie Holt @rosieisaholt.bsky.social · 22h
LONDONERS! Tickets are now available for my new show at Leicester Square Theatre on 21st October 👇 www.leicestersquaretheatre.com/show/rosie-h...
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Rosie Holt: The Illegal Aliens Have Landed! - Leicester Square Theatre
Rosie Holt and her MP alter-ego are back, fighting their biggest foe yet. Labour are trying to continue the Conservatives’ work of stopping the boats while also still appearing “left wing,”” but they ...
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MarkyJWD @markyjwd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
@nethertonfoundry.bsky.social water beading on my pan. Best non stick ever.
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Ned Boulting @nedboulting.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The 9th edition of this book is nearly ready for the printers. This was me with Chris, holding only our second edition. I am so proud of what we have achieved. Even though my earnings from the publication, before tax, equal £0. After tax, the same.
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Nige Tassell @nigetassell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
cc @nedboulting.bsky.social
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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 19/09/2026
'Facism thrives when you let it.' Portsmouth RNLI temporarily suspended services after volunteers received abuse following an anti-migration protest. @mrjamesob.bsky.social says it's one of the most 'disgusting' stories he's heard throughout his career.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 19/09/2026
🗳️ "On a more fundamental level, the very need to vote tactically or to know your vote will be wasted is a failure of our electoral system. Each person’s vote should count - not simply de jure but de facto too."
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What the Swedish election tells us about the UK’s voting system
On a more fundamental level, the very need to vote tactically or to know your vote will be wasted is a failure of our el
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Not Actually a Fish @colinmoors.eu · 18/09/2026
I don't tend to wish ill on people but if you're the sort of person who would harass and assault the outstanding crews and staff of the RNLI, I hope you get in trouble at sea and drown. I don't mean that in an off-hand way, I genuinely hope that's what happens, you clueless running-dog halfwits.
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The RNLI aren't traitors; they're heroes
I have spent weeks shadowing lifeboat crews. Here's what they do and what it's like.
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Darran Marshall @dmarshall.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"It turns out that he isn’t as orange as he looks." SDLP leader Claire Hanna reacts to Trump's comments on Irish unity. "I'm not sure if anybody has checked on the DUP. I suspect they're burning those Trump flags as we speak."
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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
There are now just 4 pieces left in my collection made using Victorian& Edwardian charms & small finds I’ve cast in silver-rare 1891 Maundy lock,1930s heart locket &seedpod,tiny bee charm w. garnet abdomen. All one-off pieces.I’ll be making just 1 more collection before🎄 www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
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MarkyJWD @markyjwd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Why is AI being built without assimovs rules built in. ? No profit in that id guess.
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Owen Rogers @owenrogers382.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The Chagos Islands are a long way from the UK, does Trump think we should give them up as well as the Falklands?
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MarkyJWD @markyjwd.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
@petercossins.bsky.social tour tracker great app. Seems to be missing some later races , tour of Britain etc al.
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MarkyJWD @markyjwd.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Beefeater table table and brewers fayre closing. Bet they re open the profitable ones next month with less staff and lower pay. @mrjamesob.bsky.social
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MarkyJWD @markyjwd.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Wow a billionaire moaning about not being rich enough. How is this even an article ?? @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
How do I explain to small business owners that the menu on the left is one billion times more appealing than the one on the right
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
When I see commentators using terms like “DEI” I immediately suspect that they’re trying to ignite a US inspired (and maybe funded?) culture war here. Because the acronym used in the UK is EDI - equality, diversity, inclusion - linked to the equality act 2010. www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/1...
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Equality Act 2010
An Act to make provision to require Ministers of the Crown and others when making strategic decisions about the exercise of their functions to have regard to the desirability of reducing socio-economi...
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MarkyJWD @markyjwd.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
As ever profit before the planet, and profit before people.
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MarkyJWD @markyjwd.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
@felicia.day @wilwheaton.net words are not enough, my soul was lifted by reading that the gang is getting back together. I've never backed anything on kickstarter until today. THANK YOU.
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Wil Wheaton ❌👑 @wilwheaton.net · 14/08/2026
Felicia Day and I are getting the band back together for a new show about the games (and some other things) we love, and you can help make it happen.
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felicia day and i want to play more games together
About twenty years ago, when I was in the Saturday show at the ACME Comedy Theatre, a friend of mine who I wrote with for the show encouraged me to check out one of her students who was in the Sunday show. I remembered when she and I were in...
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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
There are still some spaces left on my 29 Aug botanical illustration & mental health w’shop You’ll learn: 🌿how to break plants down into simple shapes & add shading 🧠how creative activity alters brain biochemistry to improve mental health BBC clip next post: workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bota...
A spring collection of botanical & nature finds with my drawings alongside & a watercolour palette in the top LH cornerAn autumnal collection of nature finds on a Kraft paper sketch book with my illustrations alongside with some art materials at the top of the image Cornflowers, nigella, sweet peas & Russian sage on the LH side of a Kraft paper sketch book & my illustrations of them on the RH page
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Alan McGowan @alan1970.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
@mrjamesob.bsky.social #barneyfarmer #Leehealey the strip you were after
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MarkyJWD @markyjwd.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
In other news Amazon yet again ignores any law and gathered data from Twitch without telling anyone and used it yet again without asking or telling anyone. How many times before it's stopped ✋️??
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MarkyJWD @markyjwd.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Is there a drought? People near me have spent the week sprinkling grass seed and using a sprinkler on the lawn, and now are moaning about having to cut it......
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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 11/08/2026
By Friday, Nigel Farage will either have lost his by-election bid to an alien bin, or his parliamentary standards investigation will be active again. Either way, great news if you're not a fan.
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MarkyJWD @markyjwd.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Zack Polanski Promotes Radical Plan to Break Up Britain's ‘Billionaire Media’ – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2026/08/10/z...
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Zack Polanski Promotes Radical Plan to Break Up Britain's ‘Billionaire Media’
Green leader throws weight behind Media Sovereignty Act campaign to stop press barons "literally buying democracy"
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 11/08/2026
Maldives sounds nice
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
People of Clacton! Show your support for me by putting a bin outside your house, one day this week, of a colour of Tendring Council's choice. This will be unequivocal proof of the success of my campaign.
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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
My new botanical & bird illustration & mental health workshops are now live-29 Aug & 4 Sep.Learn to draw plants or birds & how creative activity alters brain biochemistry to alleviate anxiety & lift mood. Incl 10% off beautiful materials & infinite access to zoom recording: workshops.emmamitchell.uk
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MarkyJWD @markyjwd.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
@megalithic.bsky.social 21st June, was wondering if anyone has found any drought stones yet.
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David @davidpeacock40.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I am british born and bred, can trace my british ancestry back for over 1000 years but I welcome migrants and have nothing but contempt for far right flag shagging fascists. The same fascism that my grandfather's generation fought a war to defeat.
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MarkyJWD @markyjwd.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Why oh why are the refs not stamping out this awful #playfoul football Argentina use. Its legal but its exactly why two yellow = red was introduced.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/07/2026
Rep. Himes: "The president was setting the basis for him to turn around on election night and say, 'I warned you that the Chinese were doing x, y, and z. It happened tonight. I'm deploying federal officers from DHS to 7 states. They will be seizing ballot boxes.'"
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James Greenwood-Reeves @jgreenwoodreeves.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
As an academic, I have decided to pre-empt AI taking my job, so I am going to take ITS job! I am going to start hallucinating, lying to my students, and drinking 700,000 litres of water
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MarkyJWD @markyjwd.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Doesn't look that open....
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 12/07/2026
Voters know: Nigel Farage is a privately educated ex-city trader who has been in politics for more than 25 years. He is the establishment. Great work by @bjennings90.bsky.social
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Sarah Calvert 🇬🇧🇮🇹🇪🇺 @sarahcalvert.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
This is so Trumpian.
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MarkyJWD @markyjwd.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Ive just had to leave a nice place on a riverbank. The gent on his speakerphone shouting swearing and gesticulating drove everyone off the sun patio. There were young families kids he was totally oblivious. Electric Zombie phone.
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Dr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The time has come for proportional representation. Together with cross-party leadership, I have written to Andy Burnham calling on him to commit to rebuilding public trust in politics and bringing in proportional representation before the next general election.
Dear Andy,  
“There is nothing more unstoppable than an idea whose time has come, and proportional 
representation’s time has come”. This is what you told Labour conference last year – and, as a cross
party group of MPs, we could not agree more.  
As you have recognised, we have a responsibility to rebuild the public’s trust in politics. As people 
struggle to pay their bills, fight to provide a home for their family, and watch as the world becomes yet 
more unstable, too many people have little belief that politicians are working for them. Sadly, 46% of 
people “almost never” trust British governments of any colour to place the needs of the nation before 
the interests of their own political party. In 1986, this figure was just 12%. This growing 
disillusionment is driving division and unrest in our communities.  
Specifically, voters now feel there is little connection between the paper they place in a ballot box and 
decisions made in Westminster. And they would be right. Almost three quarters of votes did not 
directly affect the outcome of the 2024 election, according to the Electoral Reform Society. How can 
we ask the public to trust our political system when so often their voice doesn’t count? 
Yet there is a remedy for this – one we know you support. Introducing proportional representation can 
ensure every vote matters at the next election.  
When you enter Downing Street, we call on you to: 
• Introduce proportional representation ahead of the next general election: We know you 
have committed in recent months to making proportional representation a future Labour 
manifesto commitment, but there is no time to lose. If we want to ensure our politics is not 
hijacked by those who seek to divide us, rebuilding trust through a more representative voting 
system is vital. 
• Set up a National Commission on Electoral Reform: We welcome the backing you have 
given to a national commission and urge you to set this up swiftly so it can report back to 
parliament i…Less than two months ago, you said you remained committed to proportional representation. You must 
make clear as Prime Minister that this remains an immediate priority and is front and centre of your 
plans to restore trust in politics.  
There is consistent support for electoral reform from a majority of the public. As you set out on your 
mission to deliver “the biggest rebalancing of power this country has ever seen”, it’s critical there’s no 
delay in making sure proportional representation is part of your agenda.  
Yours sincerely, 
Ellie Chowns MP, Leader of the Parliamentary Green Party 
Lisa Smart MP, Liberal Democrat Cabinet Office spokesperson 
Dave Doogan MP, Leader of Scottish National Party in the House of Commons 
Liz Saville Roberts MP, Leader of Plaid Cymru in the House of Commons 
Sorcha Eastwood MP, Alliance Party
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MarkyJWD @markyjwd.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Week three off all Meta apps, and my screen time has been dropping like stone down by 8 hours a week allready. Social media can be worse than most drugs.
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MarkyJWD @markyjwd.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
One huge orange stain all over #FIFA
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Two episodes in the bag! I’m working with old friends on a brand new project - bringing British landscape archaeology to Channel 4… #Grounded #DreamTeam
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 30/06/2026
Man of the people www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/polit…
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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Not to take any undeserved credit, but Andy Burnham’s economic agenda sounds a lot like a book I once wrote
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The work was done with @martinmckee.bsky.social , two fab research assistants, @uclpolicylab.bsky.social and @unchecked-uk.bsky.social . Thank you also to @instituteforgovernment.org.uk for their input along the way! Substack on it is here: christinapagel.substack.com/p/a-new-guid... 7/7
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A new guide to Britain's scientific public bodies and their vulnerabilies to political interference
Our new searchable guide, building on our previous research, details how 33 key public bodies and 11 advisory committees are protected or exposed to political interference.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
One of the lessons of the last two years is that Labour urgently needs to stop being afraid of its own shadow. Burnham should appoint whoever he thinks would be the best Chancellor and throw his authority behind them. The Daily Mail will try to kill them anyway. So just govern.
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Netherton Foundry @nethertonfoundry.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
On the hottest day of the year, we're envious of the Kitchen in the Wild guests who, last month, kayaked around Eilean Shona, before being served smoky goat soup and bread, cooked in one of our stockpots by Valentine Warner and served up by Angela Hartnett. Oh for a sea breeze!
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Goodbye Cornwall! You’ve been delicious. See you again soon!
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MarkyJWD @markyjwd.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
@mrjamesob.bsky.social so so annoyed with tuchel and all his staff last night. Sat there with actual rain pouring over his head ......
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MarkyJWD @markyjwd.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
#solstice
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bmcarthur17 @bmcarthur17.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
This Brit nails it. #Immigration
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